Nicholas M. Donofrio is an IBM Fellow Emeritus and a 44-year IBM veteran who retired as IBM’s Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology. He was also vice chair of the IBM International Foundation and chair of the board of governors for the IBM Academy of Technology. Outside of IBM, he has been dedicated to education and career advancement for underrepresented minorities and women. He was board chair of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) from 1997 through 2002, and was on the board of directors for INROADS, a nonprofit that trains minority youth for careers in business and industry. Among numerous other honors, including membership in the NAE, he was awarded the 2003 Rodney D. Chipps Memorial Award by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and in 2024 NACME’s Lifetime Achievement Award.